Worthy

Famous quotes containing the word worthy:

“The expressions of the poet cannot be analyzed; his sentence is one word, whose syllables are words. There are indeed no words quite worthy to be set to his music. But what matter if we do not hear the words always, if we hear the music?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.”
—Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870)

“The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.”
—Allan Bloom (20th century)